IC 2020

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Galaxy
IC 2020
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Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 03 h 58 m 53.14 s
declination -54 ° 03 ′ 27.4 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.9 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.021341 ± 0.000334  
Radial velocity 6398 ± 100 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(279 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(85.4 ± 6.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery DeLisle Stewart
Discovery date December 7, 1899
Catalog names
IC  2020 • PGC  14211 • ESO  156-022 • 2MASX  J03585313-5403271 • GALEX ASC J035853.05-540328.7 • WISEA J035853.14-540329.0

IC 2020 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation of power in the southern sky . It is an estimated 326 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 2024 .

The object was discovered by DeLisle Stewart on December 7, 1899 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 2020
  3. Seligman